Compound wire-fencing tool



(No Model.)

. D. D. STETLER.

COMPOUND WIRE FENCING TOOL. No. 484,684. Patented Oct. 18, 1892.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL D. STETLER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, KANSAS.

COMPOUND WIRE-FENCING TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,684, dated October18, 1892.

Application filed March 29, 1892. Serial No. 426,901. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL D. STETLER, of Minneapolis, in the county ofOttawa and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Compound VVire- Fencing Tools; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in compound wire-fencing tools; andit consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts, which willbe fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

The object of my invention is to provide a compound tool to be used inconnection with wire fences, which is capable of clasping the wiretightly and of being used in the manner of a lever for stretching thewires thereof, for pulling staples or nails, and for cutting the wireWhenever desired, the implement being very simple and cheap tomanufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of animplement embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing myimplement in use for the purpose of stretching wires. Fig. 3 is adetached perspective view of the handle having a short jaw. Fig. 4 is asimilar view of the handle having a long jaw.

A and B represent two handles, which are of a suitable length, and whichare pivotally connected at a suitable point by means of a pivotal bolt0.

The handle B has a long jaw or projecting portion a, which is providedwith a recess E, forming a clamping-shoulder b, and the recess receivesthe short jaw H of the handle A. The front end of the small jaw H isformed into an eccentric, which .when the jaws are closed together bearsagainst the shoulder b. By means of this construction a fence-wire canbe tightly clasped between the outer camshaped end of the short jaw Hand the adjacent edge of the recess E, and then the extension d of thepart B is placed against the side of the post, as illustrated in Fig. 2,and the implement is pulled in the direction indicated by arrow in thisfigure, which will tighten the wire, the implement acting as a lever, aswill be readily understood. In this manner an operator can go from postto post and stretch a wire that has become loose after the fence hasbeen constructed, or the implement can be used for stretching the wireas the fence is being constructed, as will be understood.

Formed in the outer edges or faces of the jaw H and the projection 01 ofthe handle B are the diagonal cross-grooves D, which have their edgessharpened and are so placed that when the handles are opened these slotsor grooves Will be in a line, thus permitting the insertion therein of awire to be cut, when by closing the handles the wire will be severed.

, The extension a of the handle B is provided with a V-shaped recess Fin its outer end, by means of which it can be used for the purpose ofpulling nails or staples.

To facilitate the insertion of the edge of the claws or one of themunder the head of a nail or under a staple, I cut the prong at one sideof the said V-shaped recess, as shown at G, thus sharpening it, andforming its inner corner into a point, as will be seen.

From continued use the handles of the implement are liable to becomesprung slightly and the adjacent edges of the short jaw H and the recessE become worn, so that the said edges will not tightly close upon thewire, and in order to allow for both of these contingencies Ileave aspace between theinner edges of the shoulders e and f of the respectivehandles A and B just in rear of the pivotal point, as seen. This spacewill allow considerable wear of the adjacent faces of the short jaw Hand the recess E, and also the springing of the handles, and yet allowor permit the faces of the jaw and recess to be brought sufficientlynear together to clasp the wire tightly enough to prevent it fromslipping when the instrument is being used as a stretcher.

By means of the above-particularly-described construction I produce animplement which is simple and yet adapted to be used for the variouspurposes needed in a wirefencing tool.

My invention differs from similar inventions in that the implement isformed with a clam ping-handle A as long as the other handle B andsubstantially parallel therewith, and

that the laterally-extending jaw H is formed at one side of the centerof the handle and the forward end of the said jaw formed on the arc of acircle which is eccentric to the pivotal point of the said jaw. It willalso be noticed that the gripping-point 't' of the jaw H is at theopposite side of the pivotal point thereof from the handle A, and thatthe extending end a of the part B is curved toward the said to handle.The object of this construction is that when the implement is in theposition shown in Fig. 2 the pulling-pressure is upon the handle A,which pressure forces the jaw against the wire, which will preventslipping r 5 of the wire, for, as will be seen, owing to thisconstruction the harder the pull the tighter the wire will he held.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim,and desire to secure byLetters Pat- :o ent, is-

1. The combination of handle B, having recess E at its forward end,vertical shoulder b at one side of the recess, and horizontal shoulder fat its opposite side with handle A, having depending rounded head H atits forward end, which is pivoted eccentrically in the recess E, andhorizontal shoulder c to the rear of saidhead, substantially as shownand described.

2. Animproved wire-fencing tool consisting of a handle 13, having acurved end a cut out to form a clamping-shoulder b, and a handle A,substantially of the same length as the handle B, and having a jawpivoted in rear of said shoulder, the said jaw having its forward endformed on the are of a circle eccentric to the said pivotal point, thehandle A being on the same side of the tool as the concaved side of thesaid curved end a and separate from the handle B, for the purposedescribed, whereby a pull can be exerted on the handle A independent ofthe handle B when clamping and tightening the Wire, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' DANIEL D. STETLER. Witnesses:

J. T. SILVER, B. F. STETLER.

